List of Art Books Reviewed

My Artbooks

I update the list frequently, with new and old books.

Some lists are quite long and I've to split them up. Other lists of books:

3D movies

Pixar

Others (animation related)

Others (movie related)

Star Wars

Video Game Art

Sketchbooks/Scrapbooks/Journals

Watercolour (Watercolour Instructional books are here)

Individual artists (comic artists)

Individual artists (general)

Non-movies & compilations

Making of/Movie Visual Companions

Reference, educational or instructional books

Anatomy and Figure Drawing Books for Artists

Cartoons/comics

Miscellaneous

Japanese and other Asian art books

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Thanks a lot for the

Thanks a lot for the reviews!! I'm an illustrator/animator and an avid collector of "Art of..." books of all kinds. I have been looking for a website that gives decent reviews about the books, but mostly I've been looking for a site that provides pictures from inside the books so I can get a better idea of the content before I buy them for soooo long now!! I will be referencing this site every time I make a new purchase of one of these books and I will gladly use your links to Amazon to purchase the books so you will get credit for the referral. Again, thank you sooo much for doing this!!!

Hi. I'm trying to be a

Hi.
I'm trying to be a illustrator.
For long time I was finding website that review many interesting art books.
Now I found.Very useful.
Thank you for inspiration

Thank you for all of the

Thank you for all of the wonderful reviews! After reading your review of The Art of Bolt, I decided to buy it and I'm very glad I did, it's absolutely fantastic! So thank you for giving such an informational and in depth review :D

I just found your blog and

I just found your blog and your reviews of art books are awesome! I am also a collector of art and film books, and looking at your reviews and the photos and videos has been really helpful. Now I know a few more books I want to get! :) I will definitely keep visiting your blog and I hope you will keep posting reviews of art books!

Parka, thanks for the video

Parka,

thanks for the video reviews, they've really sold me on a few books. I was linked from your amazon review of Sparth's Structure.

Keep it up man! Also have you thought about the art of Metal Gear Solid books, I believe there are a few.

Came across your site and I'm

Came across your site and I'm very impressed with what you've done.
Keep up the good work. I always hoped that someone would do a site/blog on art books and do reviews. I'd thought of doing this a few years back but got side line with work. I'm happy to see someone did and I especially like the different selection of art books.
I've been a collector for several years and have many of the books on your site and I'm always looking for more, especially concept art for movies,games,and industrial designs.

Hi, I just wanted to thank

Hi, I just wanted to thank you for doing all these reviews, the videos and pictures you take are very helpful. Your reviews have lead me to purchase several artbooks and I'll be looking forward to your next reviews. Thanks again!

Thank you so much for this

Thank you so much for this blog! I have become interested in art books just recently, and this helps alot into selecting the ones that I would be most interested in buying.

Keep up the good work.

Hi Parka. I just want to say

Hi Parka. I just want to say THANK YOU for putting this site together. You have NO idea how helpful this has been. I've been searching for weeks trying to find some kind of reliable opinion on books I've been looking for, and looking for some new books to flip through. I've ordered many of the books already (some are already on the way) and your taste in books is immaculate.

Anyway, I was hoping you might be able to have a look at some books with art by Hyung Tae Kim (HTK, as he is known.) More specifically,

Oxide
Oxide 2x
OXIDE2: Carta Numinous,

I've heard mixed reviews about iO: Art of the Wired, and Apple (an annual periodical)

I know I'm already pushing it here, but I've been desperately looking for art from Shadow of the Colossus or ICO, Prince of Persia, X-Men and games like Halo, God of War, and hopefullllyyyyy Dante's Inferno when it comes out (ajnfjkansfjnasjknfaomg omg omg).

Anyway, that's everything. You don't need to go buy the books and review them or anything, I'm just looking for an opinion about them I can trust. Thanks again. :)

Bahahaha I was just about to

Bahahaha I was just about to post saying I found them.

I really did look before. I must have totally blacked out or something.

(I noticed the X-Men ones but they seem like they're just movie screen shots. It seems there aren't any X-men art books like what I'm looking for--illustrations like the ones in the Exodyssey and Spectrum books. Oh well :/ )

Thanks for the reply.

Hey Parka, I'm looking for

Hey Parka,

I'm looking for illustrations of weapons, swords, vehicles. Do you know any video game, movie books that might show that? The art of Halo looks great.

Thanks,
Steven

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